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I've got a couple of questions on this
string.
The $100.00, does it go to one Ranger only? The
reason I ask. I understand that you are trying to motivate all the Rangers in
your outpost, but what if one excels and shines above the rest? What effect will
that have on the others? Under normal circumstances it will un-motivate the
others and the goal of motivating "all" will fail. I say this because I have
seen it happen. The desired goal of motivating all gets lost as the others get
left in the wake of the one motivated boy.
Second question. Since you work with Pioneers, why
all the emphasis on merits? What about the rest of their
advancements?
Just my thoughts and questions - love ya
all,
Bob Triphahn
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 4:35
PM
Subject: Re: [RR] $100 merit race What I
learned from rangernet
I'm not saying the ends justify the means.
Or the means justify the end. The point is that simply, the merits
are getting done. The boys are doing what they want.
One
commander suggested everyone who earns a merit could go out paint balling.
That is bribery for the whole group.
Healthy competition
if good for the group. And if all the boys in the outpost have a chest
full of ribbons, how is that going to look to the boys who come in after.
It will make them want to go out and receive awards so they can get more
then the kid who already has more then someone else. Everyone wants to
be the best and have all the other boys look up to them.
Healthy competition is good. What would the point of the
Olympics be if there was NO gold medal? What would be the point of the
Nobel Academy if there were no prizes in medicine, physics, or peace to award?
What would be the point of going to school and graduating if there was
no diploma, or valedictorian? What would be the point of all the work
and effort of Royal Rangers Advancements if there was no Gold Medal?
There would be no point. There would be no competition to see
who could get it. There would be no competition to see who could get
across the finish line first. There would be no competition spurring us
along.
I'm sure there will be people saying "the point of Royal
Rangers is to REACH, TEACH, and KEEP boys for Christ." That is true, but
that is the responsibility of the commanders to REACH and TEACH. Once
the boy is taught he can KEEP himself. Even as they are trying their
hardest to achieve their awards, they are learning. It our job to REACH
and TEACH. It is the boys own job to KEEP himself for Christ
Noel - This message goes to you personally. Do what you need to
do. If you feel this is the right thing to do, then do it. I hope
you prayed about this decision, and if you did not this time, then next time
be sure to pray long and hard. If you did, and this is what God said to
do then it will be blessed. Not only will the idea, and the boy who
receives the money be blessed, but you will for following God's command.
No matter what anyone tells you right now, FOLLOW THROUGH. Your
word is your honor. If you say you will do something, do it.
Because if a man cannot be trusted at his word, he is no man at all.
Morte prima di disonore
XKeithX
SR71 "Politically
Correct"
Our heads so filled with thought,
We can use our
imagination.
Like a sky so filled with Stars,
You can't find a
constellation
And everyone's so sensitive to every bad vibration.
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